Miscellaneous
People
Battles
Name the Side
Important terms
100

This battle, fought in July 1861, was a decisive victory for the South. The North attempted to take the Southern capital of Richmond, VA in this battle.

When was the Battle of Bull Run/Battle of Manassas?

100
Union President
Who was Abraham Lincoln
100
This is what started the war
What is the attack on Fort Sumter
100
Highly trained generals
What is the South
100

A law forcing military service for men within a specific age range

What is constription (also known as the draft)?

200

This photographer followed the war and took pictures of the battles revealing the horrors of war and shocking Americans.

Who is the Matthew Brady?

200
Confederate President
who was Jefferson Davis
200

This "bloodiest" Battle in September 1862 gave Lincoln the win he needed to issue to the Emancipation Proclamation

What is the battle of Antietam?

200

General George McClellan

What is the North?

200

Fill in the blank: 

Will to Fight x Resources = ___________

What is total resistance?

300

List 3 innovations or technologies introduced during the war.

What is rifled weapons, aerial reconnaissance, ironclad ships, telegraph, trench warfare, mines, and photography?

300

This was a Confederate general who was originally conflicted about his role in the war. He was a brilliant military leader.

Robert E. Lee

300
This is the second of two battles that are considered a turning point in the war, it was important because it gave the North control over the supply chains of the South.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg
300

Was more agricultural than industrial

What is the South?

300

This took effect Jan. 1, 1863 freeing slaves in Confederate held areas.

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

400
At the start of the war, most Union soldiers fought to protect _________ and most southern soldiers fought to protect _______. 

The Union, Their homes

400

Northern commander who marched East across Georgia to Atlanta destroying everything in his path.

Who was General Sherman?

400

The 3 day battle that is considered the bloodiest and a turning point of the war.  

What is Gettysburg

?

400

General George Pickett

What is the South?

400

This was established along the southern coast to prevent entry or exit of passengers or commerce. 

What is a naval blockade? (Anaconda Plan)

500

This Confederate sympathizer, _____________ shot President Lincoln in the head fatally wounding him because _____________.  

John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln said he wanted to give African American men the right to vote

500

This Northern General was willing not only to fight but also to do whatever was needed to end the war even if it meant ordering his generals to use the method of total war.

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

500

This was the location of the final battle of the war, where General Lee's Confederate forces surrendered to General Grant's Union forces.

What is Appomattox Court House?

500

Had more soldiers, supplies, new technology, and weapons

What is the North?

500

A strategy developed by the North to blockade the southern coasts, control the Mississippi River, divide and conquer the southern heartland, and capture Richmond, Virginia.

What is the Anaconda Plan?

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